We are in the process of organizing a Reunion in Washington Co., TN, for all Germanna descendants whose ancestors came through TN. It will be held in conjunction with the annual Broyles Reunion. Tentative dates for the Germanna Reunion are 9, 10, & 11 September, 2011. The Broyles Reunion occurs on the 11th. We are trying to line up speakers and will let everyone know as we get commitments. Tentatively, Friday, the 9th, will be for meeting each other and going out to visit some original homeplaces, family cemeteries, and other places of interest related to Germanna. Times will be determined later and will be announced. Saturday's activities will probably start at 9:00 AM. Ending time will depend on the number of speakers and the length of their presentations. If we finish early enough, we'll travel some more to whatever places attendees desire. Lodging is plentiful in Greeneville, TN, and the drive from there is only about 10 miles. For those coming from the east, they can stay in Jonesborough or Johnson City. The drive from Jonesborough is about 14 miles, and from I-26 in Johnson City about 23 miles. I'll post driving directions from Greeneville, Jonesborough, and Johnson City later. As for meals on Friday and Saturday, there are two places highly recommended, The Farmer's Daughter (which is well known by those who have attended past reunions) and the Pilot Hill General Store and Restaurant. The latter is in the building that originally housed the Pilot Hill P. O. and General Store and was bought about a year ago and restored to much of its original condition. It now houses a restaurant specializing in BBQ and Ribs and has gained quite a reputation for its great food. For breakfast and dinner, there are plenty of restaurants near the motels you will be staying in, in whichever city. I'll post more later, giving a list of all known Germanna families who migrated to East TN in the late 1700's and early 1800's, and there are a bunch of them. We invite anyone who is even remotely related to the Germanna families through marriage. There were many German families who came through the Shenandoah Valley into East TN and married into our Germannans. Many of these other Germans were even from the same areas of Germany as our Germanna ancestors! Some examples are BENDER/PAINTER, BOWMAN, COPP/CUPP, CRUM/GRIM/GRIMM, FELLERS/FILLERS/G'FELLERS, FOX, GUINN/GWINN/GWIN, THOMA/THOMAS, STONECIPHER/ STEINSEIFER, KEEBLER/KIBLER, RUSH/ROUSE/RAUSCH, WEAVER/WEBER, WINDEL/WENDEL/WINDLE/WENDLE, etc. Regards, George W. Durman (Sarge) Knoxville, TN 37923-2540 Phone: 865-470-4853 Cell: 865-585-3232 GermannaResearch@comcast.net or GeorgeWDurman@comcast.net My Germanna Database at Rootsweb: http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=germanna My Germanna Website at Rootsweb: http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~george/index.html